The Trump administration once again has graphically demonstrated that in the young, turbulent 21st century, "international law" and "national sovereignty" already belong to the Realm of the Walking Dead.

As if a deluge of sanctions against a great deal of the planet was not enough, the latest "offer you can't refuse" conveyed by a gangster posing as diplomat, Consul Minimus Mike Pompeo, now essentially orders the whole planet to submit to the one and only arbiter of world trade: Washington.

First the Trump administration unilaterally smashed a multinational, UN-endorsed agreement, the JCPOA, or Iran nuclear deal. Now the waivers that magnanimously allowed eight nations to import oil from Iran without incurring imperial wrath in the form of sanctions will expire on May 2 and won't be renewed.

The eight nations are a mix of Eurasian powers: China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece.

Apart from the trademark toxic cocktail of hubris, illegality, arrogance/ignorance and geopolitical/geoeconomic infantilism inbuilt in this foreign policy decision, the notion that Washington can decide who's allowed to be an energy provider to emerging superpower China does not even qualify as laughable. Much more alarming is the fact that imposing a total embargo of Iranian oil exports is no less than an act of war.

Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT, Sputnik and TomDispatch, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia (more...)

Regarding a US war against Iran, it looks like Israel, its powerful and wealthy lobby and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament based neocons will maneuver their political whores in Congress into a war just as they did when they got the Iraq War started.

Trump's psychopath appointees are putting the American
people in harm's way. It is time he stands up to whatever threats imposed by
Henry Kissinger in 2017 and fires the neo-cons he appointed, namely Mike
Pompeo, John Bolton, and Elliott Abrams as their psycho bravado without any
regard for consequences has reached the point of what the rest of the inhabitants
on this planet are willing to put up with Venezuela and Iran being that point.

Submitted on Friday, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:38:55 PM

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